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...artist, an infatuation with movies can be a tricky thing. He made a wrong turn with the Dream House series he worked on from 1998 to 2002, where for the first time he recruited famous faces to play his people. No doubt getting Gwyneth Paltrow and Philip Seymour Hoffman to appear in your photographs brings you enhanced market cred. Put Julianne Moore in front of your camera, and you're practically doing a Vanity Fair shoot. Let's assume that Crewdson also hoped that the pre-established power of movie stars over our imaginings would somehow act as a force...
...credit record. Although the full-time job had nearly the same responsibilities as her current temporary position—which involved handling alumni donation checks—Harvard did not consult her credit record until she applied for the full-time position, according to her lawyer, Piper Hoffman...
...Hoffman, a partner with the New York-based firm Outten & Golden, said there is more at stake in this case than the denial of Bailey for a full time position. Hoffman filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claiming that the use of credit scores to determine employment eligibility is discriminatory against minorities because minorities are more likely to have credit problems...
While Harvard’s decision to check Bailey’s credit score may not have been intentionally discriminatory, Hoffman said the decision could fall under the category of antidiscrimination laws prohibiting discrimination that has “a disparate impact” on minorities...
...Hoffman said that there is little for employers to benefit from checking credit records, explaining that there are many unavoidable crises—such as a family illness—which can adversely effect the credit record of otherwise responsible people...